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Golden Cockerel Press Golden Cockerel Press: An Inventory of Its Collection at the Harry Ransom Center Descriptive Summary Creator: Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1961 Title: Golden Cockerel Press Collection Dates: 1923-1991, undated (bulk 1933-1959) Extent: 15 boxes (6.3 linear feet), 5 galley folders (gf), 1 oversize folder (osf) Abstract: The Golden Cockerel Press collection documents the operation of the British fine press under the ownership of Robert Gibbings and, later, Christopher Sandford. The collection consists primarily of correspondence and some production materials. Call Number: Manuscript Collection MS-1643 Language: English; two letters written in French Access: Open for research. Researchers must create an online Research Account and agree to the Materials Use Policy before using archival materials. Use Policies: Ransom Center collections may contain material with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in the collections without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Ransom Center and The University of Texas at Austin assume no responsibility. Restrictions on Authorization for publication is given on behalf of the University of Use: Texas as the owner of the collection and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder which must be obtained by the researcher. For more information please see the Ransom Centers' Open Access and Use Policies. Administrative Information Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1961 Manuscript Collection MS-1643 Processed by: Joan Sibley and Richard Workman, 2017 Note: This finding aid replicates and replaces information previously available only in a card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the abbreviations commonly used in descriptions. Repository: The University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Center 2 Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1961 Manuscript Collection MS-1643 3 Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1961 Manuscript Collection MS-1643 Works: Pertelote, a sequel to Chanticleer, being a bibliography of The Golden Cockerel Press, October 1936-1943 March, handwritten and typed manuscript with Container handwritten revisions, 27 pages; mock-up with handwritten inserts, 55 pages in 2 1.1 notebooks; undated. Included with these: notes, proofs; TLS Sangorski and Sutcliffe Bookbinders to Christopher Sandford; Chiswick Press Ltd. to Sandford. 4 Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1961 Manuscript Collection MS-1643 Letters: Container Golden Cockerel Press. TccL to Blackwell, Basil, 10 April 1935. 1.2 Golden Cockerel Press. TccL to Blakeney, Edward Henry, 28 July 1930 Golden Cockerel Press. TccL to Evening Standard, London, 23 June 1935. Golden Cockerel Press. TccL to Fortnum and Mason, Limited, London, 25 April 1938. Golden Cockerel Press. TccL to Hall, Radclyffe, 1 January 1934. Included with this: ALS Una Troubridge to Owen Rutter. Golden Cockerel Press. AL/ draft to Jones, David, undated. Golden Cockerel Press. TccL to New York Herald Tribune, 20 March 1934. Golden Cockerel Press. TccL to Powys, John Cowper, 20 March 1943. Golden Cockerel Press. TccL to Stevens, Ned, 13 January 1926. Golden Cockerel Press. 2 TccL to Sunday Times, London, 13 November 1934, 23 June 1935. Golden Cockerel Press. TccL to Vaughan Williams, Roland Edward Lomax, 8 April 1939. 5 Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1961 Manuscript Collection MS-1643 Recipient: Unidentified authors. Letters to the Golden Cockerel Press, 9 ALS, AL/ incomplete, TLS, TL/ incomplete, 1923-1954, undated. Included with these: 6 unidentified proof Container pages and 1 proof of illustration with covering AN; TccL from Press to Susan, 1.3 1944. A. Alexander and Sons, Limited. 3 TLS to Golden Cockerel Press, 1939. Included Container with these: TccL Golden Cockerel Press to A. Alexander and Sons. 1.4 Anderson, Raymond. TLS, ANS to Golden Cockerel Press, 8 August 1944, undated. Astor, William Waldorf Astor, Viscount, 1907-. ALS, ANS to Golden Cockerel Press, January 1944, 8 March 1950. Included with these: TccL Golden Cockerel Press to Astor. Balston, Thomas. APCS to Golden Cockerel Press, 1 March 1950. Band (H.) and Company. TLI to Golden Cockerel Press, 12 December 1946. Bannet, L., Mrs. ANS to Golden Cockerel Press, 5 March, 1950. Batchelor (Joseph) & Sons Limited. 2 TLS to Golden Cockerel Press, 1 and 13 August 1945. Batey, Charles. TN to Golden Cockerel Press, 8 March 1950. Bathurst, C. E. ANS to Golden Cockerel Press, 9 March 1950. Batsford, Brian, TN to Golden Cockerel Press, March 1950. Bell, Paul L. ALS to Golden Cockerel Press, 14 September 1945. Bennett, Charles, 1894-. TLS to Golden Cockerel Press, October 1944. Berryman-Ford, W. TLS to Golden Cockerel Press, 7 March 1950. Besterman, Theodore, 1904-. 2 ALI, 7 TLS, 16 TLI to Golden Cockerel Press, 1937-1943. Included with these: 11 TccL Golden Cockerel Press to Besterman; A memo I F. J. Newbery to Christopher Sandford; handwritten notes and typed excerpts from Brébeuf book. Betjeman, John, Sir, 1906-. TPCS to Golden Cockerel Press, 1 March 1950. Binyon, Helen. ANS to Golden Cockerel Press, 10 December 1943. Birkett, Norman Birkett, Baron, 1883-1962. ANS to Golden Cockerel Press, 2 6 Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1961 Manuscript Collection MS-1643 Birkett, Norman Birkett, Baron, 1883-1962. ANS to Golden Cockerel Press, 2 March 1950. Blakely, Zelma. ALS, ANS to Golden Cockerel Press, 16 January and 4 March 1950. Bliss, Douglas Percy, 1900-. TN to Golden Cockerel Press, 3 March 1950. The Book Society. 2 TLS to Golden Cockerel Press, 9 and 16 November 1944. Bostock, James E. 3 ALS to Golden Cockerel Press, 1949-1950. Bow, A. APCS to Golden Cockerel Press, 5 March 1950. Brumwell, Charles E. ALS to Golden Cockerel Press, 2 March 1950. Bryant, Arthur, Sir, 1899-. TLS, TN to Golden Cockerel Press, 8 September 1937, 4 March 1950. Included with these: 2 TccL Golden Cockerel Press to Bryant; ALS A. B. Ramsay to Golden Cockerel Press; notes. Calder-Marshall, Arthur, 1908-. 4 ALS, ALI, TLS to Golden Cockerel Press, Container undated. Included with these: TLS/ draft, TL/ draft, TccL Golden Cockerel Press to 1.5 Calder-Marshall; 2 ALI, APCI Christopher Sander to Owen Rutter. Callender, Louise. TN to Golden Cockerel Press, 8 March 1950. Carlson, John C. ANS to Golden Cockerel Press, 7 March 1950. Carpenter, John. TN to Golden Cockerel Press, 2 March 1950. Carter, John Waynflete, 1905-. APCS to Golden Cockerel Press, 9 March 1950. Carter, Will, 1912-. TN to Golden Cockerel Press, 9 March 1950. Chaplin, Stephen. ANS to Golden Cockerel Press, 2 March 1950. Chris, Robert. ALS to Golden Cockerel Press, 6 March 1950. Claridge's. 6 TLS to Golden Cockerel Press, 1943-1950. Included with these: TccL Golden Cockerel Press to Claridge's. Clark, Denis. ALS, TLS to Golden Cockerel Press, 25 April 1939, 3 October 1948. Included with these: TccL Golden Cockerel Press to Clark. Clarke, Bradbury. TN to Golden Cockerel Press, 8 March 1950. Clay, Enid. 3 ALS to Golden Cockerel Press, 1934-1935. Cochrane, J. Peter. 2 TLS, APCS to Golden Cockerel Press, 1949-1950. Included 7 Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1961 Manuscript Collection MS-1643 Cochrane, J. Peter. 2 TLS, APCS to Golden Cockerel Press, 1949-1950. Included with these: AL/ draft Golden Cockerel Press to Cochrane. Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962. ANS to Golden Cockerel Press, 4 March 1950. Included with this: TccL Owen Rutter to Cockerell. Coldstream, William Menzies, Sir, 1908-. TN to Golden Cockerel Press, 16 March 1950. Common Ground Ltd. TLS to Golden Cockerel Press, 2 September 1946. Included with this: AL/ draft of reply by Golden Cockerel Press. Coppard, Alfred Edgar, 1878-1957. 2 ALS to Golden Cockerel Press, 10 April 1940, 15 March 1950. Copyright Agency for the Libraries of Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, and Dublin. 2 TLS to Golden Cockerel Press, 22 and 29 June 1945. Included with these: AL/ draft of reply Christopher Sandford to Copyright Agency. Corke, Hilary T. 2 ALS, TLS to Golden Cockerel Press, 1951-1952. Council of Industrial Design. TLS to Golden Cockerel Press, 25 July 1951. Cranmer-Byng, Launcelot Alfred, 1872-1945. 11 ALS to Golden Cockerel Press, 1936-1938. Included with these: TccL Golden Cockerel Press to Cranmer-Byng. Crutchley, Brooke. TLS, TN to Golden Cockerel Press, 10 and 21 March 1950. Cummings, Miss. ANS to Golden Cockerel Press, 3 March 1950. Davie, D. A. ALS to Golden Cockerel Press, 25 June 1938. Included with this: 2 Container TccL Golden Cockerel Press to Davie. 1.6 Davies, Rhys, 1903-. 13 ALS, APCS to Golden Cockerel Press, 1932, undated. Included with these: 11 TccL Golden Cockerel Press to Davies. De Decker, Marie. ALS to Golden Cockerel Press, 10 February 1945. De la Mare, Richard. ANS to Golden Cockerel Press, 1 March 1950. Dobell, P. J. and A. E. ALS to Golden Cockerel Press, 16 January 1930. Down, Prudence. TN to Golden Cockerel Press, March 1950. Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron, 1878-1957. AN to Golden Cockerel Press, March 1950. Durham, Mansel. TLS to Golden Cockerel Press, 10 May 1944. 8 Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1961 Manuscript Collection MS-1643 Edgeley, C. R. TN to Golden Cockerel Press, 28 February 1950. Edmonston, Miss. TN to Golden Cockerel Press, 1 March 1950. Emott, E. P. TLS to Golden Cockerel Press, 28 February 1950. Ford, J. Martin. ALS to Golden Cockerel Press, 20 September 1933. Foster, Martin. TN to Golden Cockerel Press, 28 February 1950. Foyle, Richard. TN to Golden Cockerel Press, 28 February 1950.
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